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Sketch Map of Lake Clark and Vicinity 



own is a dialect similar to that of the 

 Kenai tribes. Very few of them speak 

 much English, but nearly all are pro- 

 ficient in Russian and in modified Aleut, 

 as well as in several Indian lingoes. 

 They go to the coast frequently, but 

 have suffered less from the deteriorating 

 influences of the whites than most of 

 their neighbors. They hunt and fish 

 much as their forefathers did, though, 

 of course, many of them have modern 

 arms, and they do not confine their field 

 to allotted or hereditary districts so 

 much as formerly. Their main food 

 supply is the salmon, which run up the 

 Nogheling River in large numbers and 



enter most of the streams at the lower 

 end of Lake Clark. Large game is not 

 abundant on the immediate shores of the 

 lake, and apparently never has been, 

 but there are fairly good hunting dis- 

 tricts within a few days' journey. An 

 occasional moose or caribou is found 

 about the lake, but neither is common, 

 and the natives do no systematic hunt- 

 ing for them there. White sheep are 

 found on the mountains between the 

 lake and Cook Inlet, but they remain 

 far back from the lake throughout the 

 summer. Small game is much more 

 plentiful. The Alaska spruce grouse is 

 excessively abundant, and the Dall vary- 



